Chapter 36

It was early in the morning, and the sky was just getting light. The shops on the streets of the Municipal Building had not yet opened, but people were already going in and out of the corridors on the side with baskets.

The small agricultural market was a gathering place for people from all over the world who came to Hong Kong to make a living. As a ray of sunlight penetrated the thin mist and shone into the corridors, the light in the sky became brighter and brighter.

For a while, the sounds of washing vegetables, killing fish, and sharpening knives were heard, and Cantonese, Mandarin, and English were intertwined, and the voices gradually became more and more noisy.

A large group of uniformed police began to enter the market for inspection. Unlike usual, the number of uniformed police patrolling today increased from five to ten. The owner of a stall looked at the uniformed police with guns and was dissatisfied.

"What's the situation? There are so many uniformed police officers scaring away the customers, who is going to pay the bill?"

"Yes, we all rely on the neighbors to support us! With so many people coming, the customers think we have done something!"

The person who spoke was the uncle of the fish stall, wearing a green apron and matching sleeves. He pressed the fish on the chopping board, and while he was concentrating on killing the fish, he did not forget to add a few words and quickly disembowelled the fish. The fish's tail swayed excitedly, and before it could even call for help, there was no sound.

The fish butcher packed the fish and handed it to the neighborhood vegetable buyers, shaking his head and sighing, "Day patrols and night patrols, I really don't understand what the government is trying to do."

The pretty girl selling vegetables held a morning newspaper of "Hong Kong Today" and discussed with the man selling mantis shrimps from time to time. Her face, which was yellow due to staying up late and getting up early for many years, became afraid after seeing the uniformed police.

"If you ask me, the presence of so many uniformed police officers today must be related to the homicide last night."

Brother Mantis Shrimp hadn't even watched the news yet, so he stopped putting seawater into the seafood box and asked, "Murder? Another homicide?"

"Yes, another female corpse was found in Songhuangtai Garden last night, and the body was chopped into pieces." The person who answered the phone was a housewife buying groceries. She was scared when she thought of the situation reported by the news station. "It is said that, except for the head, there is not a single piece of intact skin on the body."

"Hiss——" Brother Mantis Shrimp was so scared that he took a deep breath, his eyes widened, "Isn't it that someone was skinned alive?"

"That's right!" The grandmother also sighed and shook her head, "Without skin on the whole body, how can you be reborn in the next life? It's really pitiful that you

can't even die peacefully." The older generation said that when a person dies, he should be buried intact, so that when he is reborn as a human being in the next life, nothing is missing.

I heard that the reason why there are so many uniformed police officers is because of homicides, and no one complained in the market anymore.

No one noticed that there was an extra stall in the corner.

Chu Yueqing parked the stall and began to clear the food ingredients on the glass cabinet, placing the mangoes for making sweet soup on the top, and then bent down to drag out the small wooden table under the stall.

The ground was damp. Not far from the corner were fish stalls and seafood stalls. There were large tanks for raising fish on the ground, and water splashed all over the ground.

Chu Yueqing pulled the small wooden table toward the entrance of the corridor, trying to get it a little further away from the damp ground.

After finishing her work, she covered her mouth and yawned. 五2④9令81九②

I just moved into the new apartment last night, so I should have slept better than when I lived in the village flat. Who would have thought that I would be so used to my bed? Thinking that I had nothing to do anyway, I cleaned up the kitchen, prepared the sweet soup in the middle of the night, and set out to the stall early in the morning.

Chu Yueqing listened to the discussion of the stall owners in the market. When the uniformed police passed by for inspection, she cooperated and turned out everything in the stall cart for inspection. The market manager happened to pass by from behind and saw that there was an extra stall cart in the market. After waiting for a while, the manager came over after the uniformed police left.

He first put his hands behind his back and glanced at the things on the stall, then cast his eyes on Chu Yueqing, "New face?"

Chu Yueqing nodded.

"Didn't you pay the stall fee?"

"No." Chu Yueqing knew that she had to pay the stall fee, but she didn't plan to set up a stall in the agricultural and trade market for a long time. She was about to take out the money to pay for one day's stall fee, but was rejected by the manager with a sneer.

"You have to pay a full month in the market. If you don't want to pay for one month, just leave." The manager was full of impatience, "The space in the market itself is limited. My place is not for people like you to take advantage of it."

He thought Chu Yueqing had no money and was the kind of person who took advantage of the market for a day and the market for a day.

"Not enough space inside?" Chu Yueqing questioned, "A place that's too small even for garbage, no one would be willing to rent it even if it's empty, right?"

The manager didn't expect Chu Yueqing to have such a sharp eye that he could tell at a glance that no one was renting the corner.

Indeed, the corner is not a good location, and garbage from the market is often piled up here. If someone wants to set up a stall, the first thing to do is not to put things on the stall but to clean up the garbage.

"If you don't have money, get out of here!" The manager became even more impatient when he was exposed, "Even if it's garbage, the market is willing to empty it..."

The manager suddenly widened his eyes and watched Chu Yueqing slowly take out a wad of money from his coat pocket. Just looking at the thickness, it should be 10,000 yuan, and the sarcasm stopped abruptly.

He thought the other party had no money, but Chu Yueqing took out 10,000 yuan in a minute.

The market is full of poor people who are trying to make a living in Hong Kong. They have to get up at three or four in the morning every day to prepare. They can only earn seven or eight thousand after working hard for a month. They are often asked to pay the booth fee again and again .

Who can take out more than ten thousand yuan in one go?

The manager's face was red and black, as if he was slapped in the face.

"If I were you, I would either charge a discount for one month's booth fee, or rent it to individual stalls on a daily basis."

Chu Yueqing put the money back into his pocket. "Sorry, I don't even want to rent individual stalls now."

After saying that, Chu Yueqing began to pack up.

The location outside the corridor is actually better. After all, who would buy a bowl of sugar water in the market? And who would stop to buy vegetables and cook at home in the market and stop to tell fortunes?

Unless there is a special reason.

She didn't want to be inside the market either.

Seeing that the manager was angry, the pretty sister who sold vegetables came over to help Chu Yuening clear the tables, "You are really good. Huashesen has always been venomous. With the title of manager, he grabbed a feather duster as an arrow. We have always had to be patient."

After saying that, the pretty sister stuffed the table under the stall and smiled, "Seeing him speechless today makes me feel so happy and beautiful!"

"Thank you." Chu Yuening pushed the stall to prepare to leave the market.

Sister Liang looked at Chu Yuening's pile of things on the cart and invited: "Why don't you go to my place? There aren't many things anyway, so the two of us can squeeze in. I'm too lazy to find a place!"

"It's okay. There's no need to pay for a stall on the street. I'll go set up my stall." Chu Yueling turned around and looked at the stall in the opposite corner. It was a pork stall. The man who was chopping the pork was a 70-year-old man. She retracted her gaze and looked at the pretty sister. "The old man works so hard. He still has to come out to sell pork at such an old age?"

"You mean Gan Bo?" Sister Liang looked over, "It's okay with Gan Bo. He is the only one who slaughters pork by hand in the whole market, but the price is more expensive than the pork slaughtered on the assembly line. Rich people are tricky, so they will buy it even if it is expensive."

Before Chu Yuening could speak, the air next to her suddenly changed. When it got colder,

a fish jumped out of the water tank. The water gradually rose and fell to the ground, mixed with blood and became muddy. The girl with disheveled hair in the corner stared directly at the old man at the pork stall with her pale fish eyes. The blood dripped on the ground along the muscle texture and flowed into the puddle.

"It's not him...it's not him..."

The hoarse voice echoed in the market.

Black evil spirits billowed over the market like thunderclouds.

Compared to yesterday, the female ghost was even more resentful and could not suppress the evil spirit no matter how much pressure she exerted. If Wei Yanlin saw this scene, he would definitely choose to call his fellow disciples to get rid of the evil at the first time. Once such a strong evil spirit takes shape, the female ghost will definitely kill all living things after becoming a powerful ghost.

Sister Liang looked up and looked around in surprise, and rubbed her arms again, "Huh? Is the weather changing? Why is it so cold suddenly?"

Chu Yueling looked at the ceiling and frowned in dissatisfaction.

"It's not him... It's not..."

The black evil spirit seemed to feel a huge threat, and quickly shrank back and gradually ran back into the body of the female ghost. The female ghost also suddenly shut up, stood in the corner with a cold face and waited.

The temperature gradually returned to normal, and Sister Liang also put down her hands rubbing her arms, "This autumn is really strange, the weather is hot and cold at the same time."

"Are there still pork stalls in the market?" Chu Yueling retracted her gaze and looked at Sister Liang who was selling vegetables with a smile in her eyes.

"No more." The pretty vegetable seller thought for a moment, "There was a pork stall that wanted to come in and share the market with Gamber, but unfortunately the quality of the pork was not as good as Gamber's. Those who came here were all rich people, so naturally they couldn't make it."

Chu Yueqing knew that she had found the right place. She thanked the pretty lady again, pushed the stall out of the corridor, and found a place to stop at the side of the street. The position was just right to turn around and see the entrance of the corridor.

As long as you pay attention, you can see everyone coming in and out.

She carefully avoided the dry goods store behind her, and just when she was about to put down her things, the owner of the dry goods store happened to come out and waved when he saw her moving away.

"Girl, place it right here with me. There is a big sign on the other side, so no one can see it."

Chu Yuening was a little embarrassed, "Stop here just to block the shop sign."

"It doesn't matter." The boss was very generous and even went down the steps to help Chu Yuening set up the stall. "I have been running this shop for twenty years. Even if there is no sign, the old neighbors will know it with their eyes closed. I am not bragging."

"On this street, my store has the largest flow of people. If you stand in front of my door, everything will be sold faster. Come on, come on, park the stall first."

The owner of the dry goods store was indeed not bragging.

In the early morning, many customers entered the dry goods store one after another.

The boss was very enthusiastic, and Chu Yueqing no longer bothered to be polite. She put out the paper board with the words "fortune telling" written on it, and people gathered around to watch.

"Huh? Fortune telling and selling sweet soup? The boss is working two jobs?"

"The more you work, the more you earn. Hard work makes you rich. I am a good citizen of Hong Kong, and of course I must thoroughly implement the 'Lion Rock Spirit'." Chu Yueqing said, and the onlookers laughed.

A grandma said, "Nowadays, society is full of opportunists. I haven't heard of any young people talking about the Lion Rock spirit for a long time. Girl, I support you. I just want to read my daughter's fortune. How much do you charge for reading her fortune?"

"Two hundred yuan a fortune." Chu Yueqing looked at the grandma and found that she was alone, so she reminded her, "I only read for myself. If your daughter wants to read her fortune, she can come to me."

"Two hundred?" Grandma was a little hesitant, and after thinking for a moment, she waved her hand: "Forget it, my daughter is in Singapore."

In fact, Grandma just felt that fortune-telling was too expensive. Chu Yueqing did not expose her, and nodded good-temperedly: "Forget it then."

Grandma smiled awkwardly. Among the people passing by, two people seemed to be irritated when they heard about the money for fortune-telling, and they surrounded the dessert stall and started complaining one after another.

"You girl, I thought you were a nice person, but you actually asked for 200 yuan to tell fortunes."

"Originally, fortune telling is just for psychological comfort. Saying a few nice words costs 200 yuan?"

"Oh... fortune telling is so easy to get money for. If I had known, I would have learned it!"

"No wonder you sell sugar water and tell fortunes. It's because the money for sugar water comes slowly, so you set up a fortune telling stall."

"Do you think that every fortune teller can be a master of Guangzhou? You have been on TV and in countless newspapers, and you are famous all over the world. People in Malaysia have heard of your name! You are not famous, and you are so young and inexperienced. You are asking for two hundred? You are so brave!"

Faced with the slander, Chu Yuening did not get angry or refute, and quietly ignored it.

Seeing that they were ignored, the people who were complaining became even angrier, and they complained even more vigorously.

Seeing that people were getting more and more excessive, the dry goods store owner hurried into the dry goods store. When he came out, he sat down directly opposite Chu Yueqing, put two hundred yuan on the table, and smiled.

"Anyway, I haven't had my fortune told yet, so why not ask you to help me with one."

Chu Yueqing understood that the boss wanted to help her. Speaking of which, this was the first time she received the deposit before fortune-telling.

She didn't take the money, but took a look and looked away: "Okay, I'll help you tell the fortune first."

Chu Yueqing first observed the boss's face, and according to custom, asked the boss to report his birth date, and then shook hands.

Yuan Tianbo also smiled.

In fact, he himself didn't believe in fortune-telling.

Rather than knowing one's life's destiny through fortune-telling, he cares more about man conquering nature, and believes more in the Lion Rock spirit of getting rich through hard work.

Therefore, no matter whether Chu Yueqing's prediction is accurate or not, he can accept it.

He just saw the young girl setting up a stall, and thought of himself when he started his own business. He took out two hundred yuan just to help her avoid a crisis.

"Girl, you are brave enough not to have a psychological burden."

"Then I'll start to calculate." Chu Yueqing smiled slightly, "First of all, have we ever met before? Or is there a middleman who knows each other?"

Yuan Tianbo thought seriously for a while, then shook his head, "I don't have a big circle of friends. If a friend knows you, I should have heard of your name a long time ago. After all, you should be the only one in Hong Kong who sells sweet soup and does fortune-telling."

Someone in the crowd stood up.

"Don't tell me Tianbo doesn't know me. I just met Tangshuimei for the first time today."

Someone else was surprised: "Does it matter whether I know her or not?"

"Useless, only if you don't know the things you calculated can you know whether they are accurate or not!" Another person said.

"Is that so."

Chu Yueqing didn't hear the voices from the outside world. "Okay, I'll calculate your family first."

"The sun and moon corners represent the fate with your parents. Your full sun and moon corners mean you are blessed by your parents. The love of your father and mother will make you grow up to be a fearless person in the future. In other words, you have more courage than most people. However, the father's palace is dim and sunken, so your father should have passed away."

Chu Yueqing pinched the horoscope, "He died in the spring of the year before last. Was it a landslide?"

Yuan Tianbo's heart skipped a beat and he was greatly surprised. How is it possible? Although all relatives and friends knew about this, Chu Yueqing had met him for the first time after all. She even...didn't even know his last name.

And yet, she could actually calculate the exact month of her father's death?

There are four seasons in a year, and each season has three months. March ranks third and is called the season month.

My father died in March.

"Yes, the year before last, my father went outing with his friends and happened to encounter a landslide."

Someone in the crowd knew Yuan Tianbo.

"She actually calculated that Tianbo's father had passed away. It seems to be quite accurate."

"Two hundred and one hexagram, it seems not bad to be able to calculate this?"

"I wonder what else he will calculate later?"

Chu Yueqing continued to calculate.

"You are 45 years old this year. Your nose is straight and wide, which means you have good fortune now. However, your fortune star is only a little bit. You had bad fortune in business in the early years. You changed many industries, all of which are related to fire."

Yuan Tianbo was convinced. His eyes were wide and full of brilliance. It

was right again.

If he hadn't met Chu Yueqi for the first time today, he would have thought that the other party was an old friend he had known for many years.

"I did change many jobs in the early years, including restaurant chef, firecrackers, and electrical appliances, all of which are related to fire. I almost got blown to death when I was making firecrackers."

Chu Yueqing explained: "Your horoscope refers to the element of metal, and fire overcomes metal. All jobs related to fire are not conducive to your development. But earth produces metal, and the dry goods store you run now, in fact, belongs to earth, which complements your horoscope. So you are very comfortable running this store, and there have been no twists and turns."

"That's right." Yuan Tianbo nodded repeatedly, "In twenty years, there has never been any accidents in the store, not even a worker falling down in the store. I always thought it was a good luck, but it turns out there is such a lot of knowledge involved."

A few whispers came from the crowd.

"So, I keep getting into trouble in the company, either falling down or stepping on dog shit. Is it because the company and I are incompatible? Hmm, that's a bit dangerous. Why don't I just take a day off today ?

" "..."

"Friend, if you want to skip work, just skip work. No need to make excuses."

"Really? Then don't go to work today."

"..."

"Even the careers from more than ten years ago were accurately predicted. It seems a bit evil. Is it really not a collusion?"

"Collusion? We said we didn't know each other."

Chu Yueqing finally got to the point. "Both your uteruses are not very fertile, and one of them is completely dim. It's a boy on the left and a girl on the right. You should only have one son."

Yuan Tianbo nodded repeatedly.

"It's not over yet." Chu Yueqing continued, "Not only do you have one son, you are also an only son. Counting back ten generations, your Yuan family has only sons. In other words, ten generations have been single-line descendants." As

soon as the voice fell, the whole audience burst into laughter.

Ten generations have been single-line descendants! Who dares to calculate this situation? Who has the ability to calculate?

Even Yuan Tianbo was stunned. If his father hadn't told him about his ancestors, he wouldn't know.

"Yes, my family has only sons for ten generations. This has always been a concern for our family. The number of descendants is declining. After giving birth to one child, all males lose their fertility and cannot reproduce."

The crowd was in an uproar again.

God! It's really a god!

He can calculate the situation of ten generations back by calculating one person's fate.

When have they ever seen such an accurate fortune teller?

"You are in a high position, so even if you are not an official, your son should be one." Chu Yuexi continued to calculate, "He works in the Hong Kong government, right? He will be promoted in the future, so let him work hard."

Yuan Tianbo nodded repeatedly, afraid to interrupt Chu Yuexi's fortune-telling.

"Can I ask a question?" Yuan Tianbo interrupted carefully, and Chu Yuexi motioned him to ask.

He recalled the situation of ten generations of single inheritance, and then asked: "Why do men in the Yuan family lose their fertility after giving birth to one child?"

Chu Yuexi asked back: "Nine generations ago, was there a general in your ancestor?"

Yuan Tianbo recalled the family tree stored at the bottom of the box, "It was indeed a general."

"Is there any record of the love between the general and his wife in your family tree?" Chu Yuexi asked again.

"It is recorded." Although Yuan Tianbo didn't understand how the general's story was related to the ten generations of the Yuan family, he still answered truthfully.

After all, General Yuan only had one wife, and they were a poor couple. The general did not fall in love with another woman after he became a general, but instead doted on his first wife more and more. Unlike the ancient times when men were superior to women, the general respected his wife very much, and his doting deeds were even recorded in the family tree today.

"It's right that it is recorded." Chu Yue smiled slightly, "Back then, the general felt sorry for his wife's hard work in giving birth to children, and vowed to lose his fertility in the future. To show his sincerity, he added all the descendants of the Yuan family." When

Yuan Tianbo learned the truth, his expression was very interesting.

Ancestors... If you want to play, just play, why bring us along?

The onlookers were even more surprised.

"Thank you very much. Fortunately, my family doesn't have such an ancestor."

"One oath dragged down ten generations."

"It is said that more children bring more blessings. The Yuan family is really miserable."

"But I think Tianbo's situation is not bad. One son is better than a basket of children. I am willing to trade my three sons for one official in the government."

After thinking about it carefully, Yuan Tianbo felt that it was okay to have only one child. When his wife gave birth, he stood outside the ward and listened to her screams. At that time, he really wished that he would be sterile and not have even one child.

Seeing that Yuan Tianbo did not continue, Chu Yueqing could not help but be curious: "Don't you want to ask if there is any way to solve it?"

Yuan Tianbo waved his hand: "I can't bear to let my wife give birth, let alone my descendants?"

As for whether the descendants want more children, that is their business. The oath has been in effect for ten generations, and it will not be solved overnight. Yuan Tianbo has gotten used to it, and his son has also gotten used to this special family inheritance, and they are too lazy to bother.

However, he does have a regret, but he still didn't say it after thinking about it.

Chu Yueqing smiled and said, "Congratulations."

Yuan Tianbo was about to ask why.

Chu Yueqing carefully examined his face and said, "Your life palace, fortune palace, and children palace are all happy at the same time. Your new daughter-in-law has given birth."

Yuan Tianbo was confused and turned to look at his wife who was counting the bills in the store. He turned back and wondered, "But my son once said that the due date is still a week away."

"Ahead of schedule." Chu Yueqing explained, "This is normal. This girl has a very lucky and noble fate. Congratulations on your wish being fulfilled."

Yuan Tianbo was so shocked that his hands and feet were numb. Because ten generations of his family were all boys, he really dreamed of having a daughter in his family. His ears were buzzing.

Until his wife answered the phone, she smiled happily and pushed him.

"Tianbo, Tianbo, Alan started early in the taxi and gave birth to a daughter!"